bakeoffs

The fees and deal bragging rights are great enough that Wall Street banks often deploy their chief executive officers to appear at IPO pitch meetings, known as bakeoffs.

Flood of Fees Flows Into Bank Coffers Randall Smith 2011

It seems you mentioned a couple of times on the call that you guys are getting into more kind of bakeoffs or into more presentations, is that accelerating?

SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2010

"Things are very busy, and bakeoffs are being held every week in a lot of different sectors."

Watchers Shrug Off Relatively Slow Start for Offerings Lynn Cowan 2011

Still, our experience at PBwiki is that we win a strong majority of our bakeoffs with SharePoint, thanks to ease-of-use, lower TCO (no servers or admins needed!), and the ability to serve collaborators on different networks and even those outside the company.

It Took 16 Months, But Google Relaunches Jotspot Michael Arrington 2005

Due to some sucky baby government workers who would prefer to have chilli bakeoffs and hat days while picketing to people who just want to live their own god-forsaken lives, I can't get my birth certificate.

You mean this thing hasn't been deleted yet? Sweet as... wakko101 2002

I don't think that a few bakeoffs and experiments on demo applications portray the reality.

The Web Security Mailing List (WASC) 2010

I don't think that a few bakeoffs and experiments on demo applications portray the reality.

The Web Security Mailing List (WASC) 2010

There were restaurant-sponsored hotdog eating contests and apple pie bakeoffs and booths in the town square selling Kettle Corn, Sno Cones and mango margaritas.

SplicedFeed 2010